JPH08301503A - Booklet storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a booklet accommodation device capable of accommodating booklets such as a passbook in the spread state with a simple structure without causing a jam. CONSTITUTION: The accommodation device 10 is constituted by a booklet urging portion 20 and an accommodation portion 12. The booklet urging portion 20 has a structure that a press portion 22 sandwiched to a press plate 26 and a mounting portion 24 is fixed by a screw 28. The press portion 22 is made of polyester film having pliability and an end surface thereof has a rain drop shape. A tip end of a spread booklet conveyed deforms the press portion 22 and is guided along a side surface and the booklet is accommodated so as to superpose on the booklet already accommodated without being caught by a bending portion of the booklet.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a booklet storage device for storing booklets such as a spread passbook of an automatic teller machine. In particular, the present invention relates to a booklet storage device that collects and stores passbooks that customers have forgotten to take.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic teller machine, when a customer withdraws or deposits cash, he often forgets to take out a passbook inserted for bookkeeping. Alternatively, the prohibited passbook may be collected. Passbooks that have been forgotten in the passbook return port or passbooks that need to be collected are sent back through the passbook transportation route from the passbook return port, etc. according to a command from the control unit It is collected and stored in a device).

[0003] With the recent multifunctionalization and downsizing of the automatic teller machine, the installation place of the storage device in the automatic teller machine has become very narrow. Therefore, in the conventional passbook storage, the passbooks were dropped into a deep storage device that takes up space and stored in a disorderly state, but in the storage of recent passbooks, they are stacked in a small storage device. It is designed to be stored.

The structure and storage operation of a conventional storage device 50 for storing the passbooks in an open state will be described with reference to FIG. 6 (A). It should be noted that the hatched lines in the cross section of each part except the storage part 58 in FIGS. 2 to 6 are omitted. The storage device 50 includes a passbook pressing unit 52 (hereinafter referred to as a pressing unit) and a storage unit 58. The pressing part 52 is made of a stainless steel thin plate because a bending angle and an appropriate bending strength are required.
And a pressing portion 56. The mounting portion 54 is mounted on a mounting member (not shown) of the main body. The pressing portion 56 has a spring property in the horizontal direction in order to guide the passbook 2.

After the first passbook 2 is stored in the storage section 58, the second passbook 3 is stored in the storage section 58 by the conveying rollers 6.
Transported to When the bankbook 3 that has been conveyed hits the pressing portion 56, the pressing portion 56 is bent so that the conveyance strength of the bankbook 2 and the bending strength of the pressing portion 56 are balanced. After that, the passbook 3 passes under the presser section 56 which is pushed and bent, and then the storage section 5
Proceed over the first passbook 2 stored in 8. Passbook 3
When the rear end of the passbook 3 passes through the transport roller 6, the rear half of the passbook 3 is pushed downward by the bending return force of the pressing portion 56. As a result, the passbook 3 is stored so as to be stacked on the first passbook 2. The third and subsequent passbooks are also the second passbook 3.
Similarly, the items are sequentially stacked on the passbook stored in the storage unit 58. The storage device 50 has a structure in which about five passbooks are normally stored.

[0006]

However, the accommodating device 50 for accumulating the passbooks in an open state has the following problems. Hereinafter, FIG. 6 (B) and FIG.
An explanation will be given using (C).

Generally, in a passbook, the strength of the paper used, the curl tendency, the leading edge state, and the number of pages on the left and right when opened are various. If there is only one passbook, the passbook will be the storage device 50.
The inner pressing portion 52 hardly causes jamming or damage. However, when accommodating the second and subsequent passbooks 3, as shown in FIG. 6B, the passbook 3 pushes and bends the holding portion 56, and the leading end portion 3 of the passbook 3 that passes under the holding portion 6 is passed.
In some cases, a moves on the second half 2d of the passbook 2, hits the bent portion 2f of the passbook 2, and is caught. Especially,
When the bankbook already stored has a strong tendency to be newly closed or has a tendency to bend, or when the front half 2c of the bankbook has many pages and is thickly projected, there is a high possibility that it will be caught in the bent portion 2f.

When the bankbook 3 is caught in the bent portion 2f of the bankbook 2, the bankbooks 2 and 3 are integrally moved in the direction of the arrow X as the second half 3d of the bankbook 3 is fed by the conveying roller 6. To do. When the leading end portion 2a of the passbook 2 hits the side wall 58a of the storage portion 58, the front half portion 2c of the passbook 2 is bent upward as shown in FIG. 6C. Further, the passbook 3 is sent to the storage section 58 by the transport rollers 6,
3 is stored in a distorted state. If the third passbook is forcibly sent in such a state that the passbooks 2 and 3 are distorted,
A passbook jam occurs, the passbook is damaged, or the pressing portion 56 is deformed. When a passbook jam is detected by sensors (not shown) provided in front of and behind the roller 6, the automatic teller machine is stopped, and there is a problem that the jam must be cleared and parts must be repaired manually. It was Further, if the tip of the pressing portion 56 is sharp, the passbook may be caught, which may cause conveyance failure or the pressing portion 56 may be deformed. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a booklet storage device that can reliably collect and store a booklet such as a passbook with a simple configuration.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A booklet storage device of the present invention is a booklet pressing means for pressing and holding booklets to be stored between them in order to store two-page spread booklets such as passbooks conveyed through the conveying means. And storage means. The booklet pressing means is a thin plate-like flexible material such as a polyester film and has a substantially raindrop shape in the vertical direction by free deformation, and guides the spread booklet to be conveyed while freely deforming along the outer wall thereof. And a mounting portion to which an end of the substantially raindrop-shaped holding portion is attached. The thin plate-like flexible material may be made of a synthetic resin film.

[0010]

EXAMPLE An example of the booklet storage device 10 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a storage device 10 of the present invention. The storage device 10 includes a booklet pressing unit 20 and a storage unit 12. The booklet pressing part 20 is composed of a mounting part 24 and a pressing part 22, a pressing plate 26 and a screw 28, and the pressing part 22 is sandwiched between the pressing plate 26 and the mounting part 24 and fixed by the screw 28. Further, the mounting portion 24 is fixed to a body bracket (not shown). Presser part 22
Is a raindrop type with a rounded tip when the edges of the flexible material with smooth surfaces are freely deformed without bending and are attached vertically The shape. The hollow raindrop shape formed of a rectangular material has a property that it is weak against the force from the side surface and strong against the deformation force from below. In the present invention, the material of the pressing portion 22 has a thickness of 0.3 to 0.
A 5 mm synthetic resin film (polyester film) was used, but a film-shaped material such as paper, which has a smooth surface and flexibility and has necessary strength and deformability.
A thin plate of metal material can also be used. It is also possible to form a plurality of thinner materials instead of one sheet. Furthermore, although a rectangular material is used in the developed state in the present invention, it is possible to take various shapes as required.

The storage operation of the first booklet 4 such as a passbook and the second booklet 5 by the storage device 10 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. 2 and 3 are views for explaining the stored state of the first booklet 4. The first booklet 4 is conveyed to the storage section 12 by the feed roller 6 (FIG. 2A). The leading end portion 4a of the transported booklet 4 contacts the middle side 22b of the side surface portion 22a of the pressing portion 22. In the case of storing the first booklet 4, there is a gap between the bottom portion 22c of the holding portion 22 and the storing portion 12. Therefore, when pressed by the booklet 4 being conveyed, the pressing portion 22 bends from the root 22d of the pressing portion while deforming elongated due to the pressing force and its own weight (FIG. 2B). Booklet 4 conveyed by feed roller 6
Is directed downward along the side surface portion 22a of the deformable presser portion 22 and proceeds in the rearward direction (rightward direction) of the storage portion 12 (FIG. 2).
(C)). Further, when the leading end portion 4a of the transported booklet 4 passes the side surface portion 22a of the pressing portion (FIG. 3D), the booklet 4 is pressed downward by the returning force of the pressing portion 22 (FIG. 3).
(E)). When the rear end portion 4b of the booklet 4 passes the feed roller 6, the rear half portion 4d of the booklet 4 falls into the storage portion 12 and is pressed by the bottom portion 22c of the holding portion which has returned to the initial position.
The first booklet 4 is stored in the storage section 12 (see FIG. 3).
(F)).

Next, the second booklet 5 is the first booklet 4
The storage operation in which the sheets are stacked and stored will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Like the first booklet 4, the second booklet 5 to be stored is conveyed to the storage section 12 by the feed roller 6 (FIG. 4A). The leading end 5a of the booklet 5 being conveyed
Touches the middle side 22b of the side surface portion 22a of the pressing portion 22. At this time, unlike the case where no booklet is stored in the storage section, since the holding section 22 contacts the stored booklet 4, the side surface section 22a of the pressing section is slightly deformed into an inverted V shape. , The booklet 5 is in a state of being bitten into the middle part 22b of the side surface of the pressing portion 22 (FIG. 4 (B)). The leading end portion 5a of the booklet 5 that is continuously conveyed to the conveying roller 6 moves the side surface portion 22a of the pressing portion 22 while deforming the pressing portion 22. Even after the presser section 22 has passed over the booklet 4, the booklet 5 is retained by the presser section 22.
And moves along the side surface portion 22a (FIG. 4C). When the front end portion 5a of the conveyed booklet 5 has finished moving on the side surface portion 22a of the pressing portion, the front end portion 5a exceeds the bent portion of the booklet 4 or the stitch 4f. The booklet 5 advances so as to be sandwiched between the pressing portion 22 and the booklet 4 (FIG. 5 (D)). Presser part 22
When the return force of is stronger than the waist of the booklet 5, the booklet 5 bends at the bent portion 5f, and the front half portion 5b advances along the surface of the booklet 4b. In this description, the bent portion 5f of the booklet 5 is in the forward direction of the booklet and is not caught, but even in the reverse direction, the bottom portion 22c of the pressing portion 22 has a roundness, and therefore the booklet 5 is similarly pulled. It does not hang (Fig. 5 (E)). The booklet 5 is still fed to the transport roller 6, and the rear end portion 5 of the booklet 5 is
When b passes the feed roller 6, the second half 5d of the booklet 5 falls on the second half 4d of the booklet 4. The second half 5d of the booklet 5
It is pressed by the bottom portion 22c of the holding portion 22 that has returned to the initial position. As described above, the booklets 5 are stacked and stored on the booklet 4 (FIG. 5 (F)). Similarly to the second booklet 5, the third and subsequent booklets are further stacked and stored on the booklets that are stacked and stored in the storage section 12. The position of the roller 6 that guides the booklet to the storage unit 12 is determined according to the material used for the pressing unit 22, the shape, the size, the position of the storage unit 12, and the like.

[0013]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION By making the holding portion of the storage device of the present invention a raindrop-shaped thin plate, booklets such as passbooks having various habits can be stored without jamming. Further, by eliminating the booklet jam, the automatic teller machine is not stopped to remove the jam, and the operating rate of the device can be improved. Further, the raindrop shape of the pressing portion can be obtained by simply bending both ends of a thin plate having a predetermined shape, and the bending die and the bending process are unnecessary, so that the manufacturing cost of parts can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a storage device 10 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a storage state of a first booklet 4.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a storage state of a first booklet 4.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a stored state of a second booklet 5.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a stored state of a second booklet 5.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a storage state of a passbook of a conventional storage device 50.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 First booklet 5 Second booklet 6 Feed roller 10 Booklet storage device 12 Storage part 20 Booklet pressing part 22 Pressing part 50 Conventional storage device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A booklet accommodating device for accommodating spread booklets conveyed by a conveying means, comprising booklet accommodating means and booklet pressing means for pressing and holding the accommodated booklet. The means is made of a thin plate-shaped flexible material that is bent into a substantially raindrop shape, and a pressing portion that guides the spread spread booklet to be conveyed along the outer edge portion to the storage means while deforming the substantially raindrop shape. And a mounting portion for mounting an end portion of the substantially raindrop-shaped pressing portion. 2. The booklet storage device according to claim 1, wherein the thin plate-shaped flexible material is made of a synthetic resin film.